OMOO wrote:

Correction/addition - what I should have said is that the fuse on the
110 VAC charger blows on both the inverter and the Honda - that's why
the battery doesn't charge.



A friend bought a 19.2 v Sears cordless drill for use on his boat.
He's cruising now in Aust so no 110 VAC wall power. The charger won't
charge the 19.2 VDC battery on either his inverter or his Honda
generator. Sears doesn't have a 12VDC charger so now what.

Any ideas why and how to fix this ? Any possibility of a generic
charger that runs on 12 VDC? I don't know what the 110 VAC charger
puts out - maybe 25 V ??






Perhaps he should get/use a slow 19.2v charger, since it sounds like the
charger he has is drawing too much.

In a pinch, he might be able to use a variable-output power supply: Dial
in a lower voltage until the battery is somewhat charged, then increase
the voltage to match the demand.

I have a 12v rechargeable that is easily charged from a 250 watt
inverter in a few hours. ('Course, I chose 12v so I could go direct
to/from 12v if I needed to. It's more than powerful enough for my
purposes -- like 1/2" holes through oak, fiberglass and aluminum....)

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